While we first heard news about it on New Year’s Eve, and even though the Dodgers themselves still haven’t announced the signing of Shane Peterson, on Wednesday Ken Rosenthal tweeted a report, which makes the addition at least a little more official.
This isn’t one of those big-splash type of free agent signings by any means. Peterson will be used as Triple-A roster depth, plain and simple. For all intents and purposes, he might be this year’s version of Travis Taijeron, except for the fact that Peterson both hits and throws left-handed.